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    it says a lot about the Nulls that they kept that name; the one the Kaminoans assigned to them as an afterthought - after attempting to dispose of them.

        null;  being or amounting to nothing; nil; lacking; nonexistent. absence.

    Kal gave them individual names, and they treasure those; but there’s a fundamental irony in sharing that brand of being erased so viscerally, and taking it back.

    people who don’t exist don’t have opinions, do they?

#republic commando  #is a series about being systematically othered; cast aside.  i really do think that’s the main draw.  #at its heart are the clones that are systematically dehumanized from their title onewards  #but the others aren’t untouched - etain and jusik are cast aside because they ask too many questions  #laseema and vau are othered because of their past experiences and circumstances - likewise with uthan.  #when there is a society that states your mere existence as an aberration - you learn to take it back. (there is no other option)  #you’ll note that everyone in this story has an arc that is fundamentally about survival and acceptance and learning to live with that.  #i! have a lot of feelings about this!!!  #god these books are a gift to the EU